myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of comatulus

Etymology of the Latin word comatulus

the Late Latin word comatulus

derived from the Latin word comatus (county, earldom; county court; long-haired, having hair; leafy; one having long hair)

derived from the Medieval Latin word coma (coma; hair, hair of head, mane of animal)

derived from the Greek word kome, κόμη, κώμη (the hair of the head; a hamlet (as if laid down))

Word found in Late Latin